CROSSWAKE
Tony Orrico, David Hurlin & Philip Rabalais
Sunday, August 8, 2021
viewable online at www.signsandsymbols.art
Co-presented by The National Exemplar (Iowa City), CROSSWAKE documents a 4-hour performance in which Orrico and Hurlin integrate sonic and movement practices that test physical limits and sustain a co-authored presence. Rabalais navigates their improvisational terrain from behind the lens, amplifying aspects of the soundscape while formalizing one mobile vantage point. Orrico’s sound is a consequence of physical parameters that respond to Hurlin's interpretative play. Their sensing is circuit-like; reflexive sound and action that seems to evade absolute silence or physical release.
tony orrico is a visual and performing artist who has exhibited across the US and internationally in Australia, Belgium, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Spain. His visual work is in collection at of The National Academy of Sciences (Washington DC) and Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC, Mexico City) as well as prominent private collections such as Grazyna Kulczyk, Kablanc/Fundación Otazu and Bergmeier/Kunstsaele, among others. He has presented at the CCCB, Centre Pompidou-Metz, The New Museum, Cranbrook Art Museum and Poptech 2011: The World Rebalancing. Orrico was one of a select group of artists to re-perform the work of Marina Abramovic during her retrospective at MoMA (2010). As a former member of Trisha Brown Dance Company and Shen Wei Dance Arts, Orrico has graced such stages as the Sydney Opera House, Teatro La Fenice, New York State Theater and Theatre du Palais-Royal.
david hurlin received his BFA in photography and tabla (hand drums of the Hindustani classical music tradition) and his MA in studio art from Maharishi International University (MIU) including time abroad in India studying with tabla master Anup Ghosh. Hurlin has extensive experience as a professional drummer and percussionist playing for Apocalypso Tantric Noise Choir, Elizabeth Moen and most recently with Mike Dillon Band and Nolatet. Currently he is working in the fields of sound art, sculpture, installation and performance art. He will be pursuing his MFA at University of Iowa in sculpture/intermedia starting in the fall of 2021.
philip rabalais is a filmmaker and electronic musician living in Fairfield, Iowa. He received an MFA in Film and Video Production from the University of Iowa in 2020. His films have screened internationally at venues such as Slamdance, NoBudge, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Onion City, Gimli Film Festival, Montana Film Festival and Cosmic Rays; his work as a cinematographer has been featured in the Cinéfondation at the Cannes Film Festival.
